Across
- 2. characterized by its spongy, porous, honeycomb-like structure and is typically found at the ends of long bones
- 7. substance in your body that produces hair, eye and skin pigmentation
- 8. makes up the thick middle layer of the heart
- 11. A tough, flexible tissue that lines joints and gives structure to the nose, ears, larynx, and other parts of the body
- 13. a muscle that contracts without conscious control
- 14. the outermost layer of skin on your body
- 15. flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone.
- 17. an internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant.
- 19. a spongy substance found in the center of the bones
- 21. a medical condition in which the bones become brittle and fragile from loss of tissue, typically as a result of hormonal changes, or deficiency of calcium or vitamin D.
Down
- 1. involuntary, non-striated muscle
- 3. skeletal muscles that attach to bones and can be consciously activated to control movement
- 4. muscles in our bodies that have a striped appearance
- 5. dense bone in which the bony matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substance and inorganic salts, leaving only tiny spaces (lacunae) that contain the osteocytes, or bone cells.
- 6. The inner layer of the two main layers of the skin
- 9. a fibrous connective tissue that attaches bone to bone
- 10. the part of the body where two or more bones meet to allow movement
- 11. disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
- 12. a highly organized tissue composed of bundles of muscle fibers called myofibers which contain several myofibrils
- 16. small secretory cavity, sac, or gland.
- 18. the individual bones that stack on top of each other to form the vertebral column, commonly known as the spine
- 20. minute opening in a surface, especially the skin or integument of an organism, through which gases, liquids, or microscopic particles can pass
